Who are the Unsung Heroes in music?

duotone · 11-09-2011, 05:07 PM

If you have seen the film/documentary Standing In The Shadows Of Motown you will know what I am getting at, basically I am looking for the guys/girls who appear on tracks you love but have never got the credit they deserve.

2 examples for me immediately come to mind:

1) I absolutely loved Damien Rices album "O" and the thing that really caught my ear every time I listened to it was a wonderful female singer. I later discovered that it was an Irish singer called Lisa Hannigan and while her solo material imo never lived upto her performances on the Damien Rice album, it was nice to put a face and a name to her voice I had heard so many times.

Lisa Hannigan begins singing @ 1.17.

Damen Rice - Cold Water live on Jonathan Ross - YouTube

2) For years I loved Jay-Z's Girls, Girls, Girls Pt.2 (remix) track which appears on The Blueprint album. It was only earlier this week that I discovered it was produced by Kanye West and the sample used was a song called "trying girls out" by The Persuaders. Ok, so Kanye West is very well known and isnt an unsung hero in the music industry, but what if that track was arranged by an unknown person, these are the people I want to discover in this thread.

Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls, pt. 2 (remix) - YouTube

So what guitar lines? Backing vocals? Drum beats?...Anything, really catch your ear? Let's try and find out the people/s responsible.

11-09-2011, 05:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
duotone Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London Posts: 169	Who are the Unsung Heroes in music? If you have seen the film/documentary Standing In The Shadows Of Motown you will know what I am getting at, basically I am looking for the guys/girls who appear on tracks you love but have never got the credit they deserve. 2 examples for me immediately come to mind: 1) I absolutely loved Damien Rices album "O" and the thing that really caught my ear every time I listened to it was a wonderful female singer. I later discovered that it was an Irish singer called Lisa Hannigan and while her solo material imo never lived upto her performances on the Damien Rice album, it was nice to put a face and a name to her voice I had heard so many times. Lisa Hannigan begins singing @ 1.17. Damen Rice - Cold Water live on Jonathan Ross - YouTube 2) For years I loved Jay-Z's Girls, Girls, Girls Pt.2 (remix) track which appears on The Blueprint album. It was only earlier this week that I discovered it was produced by Kanye West and the sample used was a song called "trying girls out" by The Persuaders. Ok, so Kanye West is very well known and isnt an unsung hero in the music industry, but what if that track was arranged by an unknown person, these are the people I want to discover in this thread. Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls, pt. 2 (remix) - YouTube So what guitar lines? Backing vocals? Drum beats?...Anything, really catch your ear? Let's try and find out the people/s responsible. Last edited by duotone; 11-25-2011 at 06:40 AM.